He

I'll run for it, my Queen.

Consuelo

Please do, He. [Loudly] But not cheese. I don't like it.

[Mancini and Consuelo are alone. Mancini, lying back comfortably in an armchair, scrutinizes his daughter with a searching eye.]

Mancini

I find something particular in you to-day, my child. I don't know whether it is something better or worse. You cried?

Consuelo

Yes, a little. Oh, I am so hungry.

Mancini